Welcome to Electronic Banat Home History Maps Books Stamps Banat is an ethnically mixed historic region of eastern Europe; it is bounded by Transylvania and Walachia in the east, by the Tisza River in the west, by the Mures River in the north, and by the Danube River in the south. In the mid-16th century Banat was conquered by the Ottoman Turks, who retained it until 1718, when Austria acquired it (Treaty of Passarowitz). Under Austrian military rule, the region was organized as the Temeser Banat (or Banat of Temesvár). Later a civil administration took control of the northern part of the area, and the Austrian rulers encouraged the settlement of colonists from the Rhineland, Lorraine, and Luxembourg. For most of the period from 1779 to 1920, the Banat was attached to Hungary. After World War I, the victorious Allies divided it by the Treaty of Trianon (June 4, 1920). Hungary retained the district of Szeged, Romania acquired the large eastern section, and the remainder went to Yugoslavia. The name banat has its origin in a Persian word meaning lord, or master, and was introduced into Europe by the Avars; it came to mean a frontier province or a district under military governorship. View this site with Backgroud Music   View my page on Banatul Banat Featured Towns: Vrsac Bela Crkva Straja Grebenac Banat Tours: Sightseeing Donauschwab Group Tour to Romanian and Serbian Banat and Batschka Anuar Bisericesc:   1978 1980 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1990 1999 2000 2001 Banat Documents: WW2 Vrsac to Mesic 31 July 1941   WW2 Marriage of SS Officer in Banat 1944 Sailplane Production At Vrsac by A. E. Slater From: Sailplane & Gliding Feb-Mar 1968 Winning On The Wind by George B. Moffat Jr. 1974 / 243 pages   Guest Book Postcards Art/Music Newspapers Links Offering free Electronic Postcards since 1996 © 2000-2007 This site is maintained by Todor Krecu Please send E-mail to Electronic Banat